Gina McCarthy can handle the challenges EPA faces

2:14 AM,
Apr. 26, 2013

Written by

John Castellaw

President Richard Nixon, a Republican, created the Environmental Protection Agency by executive order in 1970 to help protect our health and the environment. Despite this straightforward tasking, the EPA has inspired a wide range of emotions as it has carried out the mandate. As a result, this agency, even more than some others, needs strong and pragmatic leadership from someone like Gina McCarthy to guide the agency.

Here in our region, the EPA tangled with the venerable Tennessee Valley Authority, eventually reaching an agreement to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at 11 ...